Cigar-lighter.



PATENTED APR. 23, 1907 G. E. BBSSEL. UIGAR LIGHTER;

APPLIOATION FILED MARIE, 190s.

INVENTOR ATTORNE WHNESSES:

45 v 1'5,'prefera'bly integral therewith, this raised portion bein providedwith slots or grooves sfrrns ra'rnnr rion.

CHARLES BESSEL, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY,

CIGAR-:LIGHTER.

Application filedMai'oh 16,1906. Serial l lo. 306,348 r I To niZZwhom it may concern: 'i

- Be it known that I, CHARLES E. BEssnL,

a citizen of the United. States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Lighters; and I do herebydeclare the following to be, a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin drawlngs, and to letters section on line 3, 3,- in Fig. 1.

of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the class of lighters that communicates heat sufiicient to ignlte by means of a wire of high electrical resistance that becomes lncandescent when subjected to an electrical current of suflicient strength. 1

The invention is further designed to pro.-

vide a lighter that is particularly adapted as a cigar li hter, and that has the lighting medium sun slightly below the surface to prevent contactwith the article to be lit and is further designed'to provide a construction in which the lighting medium is placed to get the best results.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan of the lighter. Fig. 2 is a'section on line 2, 2, in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a Figs. 4 and 5 are "modifiedways of putting the lighting wire in its supporting plate. K

In the drawings 10 illustrates the end of a cigar lighter which may be of any well known construction, bein shown in dotted outline,

and it isprovided 4 With the tapered open mglvl 1. a

ithin the cigar lighter casing is a plate 12 on which are two vertical plates 13 surmounted by a plate 14, these plates being fastened together preferably by means of cement. The plate 14 has the raised portion 16 into whic is inserted the coiled wire, 17. This wire is preferably arranged as shown in Fig. 1, passing down through openings in the plate 14 and being connected in any fusual way to the contact plates 18, these being fas- Specification of Letters Patent.

These contact pins 19 are Patented April 23, 1907."

descence. This wire 17 has a considerable length of wire exposed forignition purposes by reason of being in the shape of a spring which is the preferred way of installing it. 6o

On the outside of the plates 13 1 arranged plates 20 which have the over hanging portion 23 which, when the bolt 22 is screwed" up, fit o er the ends of the coiled wire '17, as shown in Fig. 2, and thereby assist in holding the wire 17 flat on the supporting plate 14. he slotsor grooves 16 can be made slightly smaller at the top, this serves also to prevent any buckling of the wire 17. The hollow or chambered construction shown herein, has, the advantage of allowing a quicker heating Y of the wire 17 because a solid block or plate has a chilling effect, especially when made as p in this case of porcelainor lavite or other suitable substance that is both". heat resisting, and a non-conductor of electricity. 1 The wire 17 might be placed in the block. 14, by means of the perforations 23, instead I of the grooves 16 leaving a slight amount of" material 24 overthe wire, that would pro: tect the wire, but would not be thick enough to interfere with the ready transmission of.

heat.

A still further modified form of inserting the wire 17 in the block 14 as shown in Fig. 5, 8 5 where it is illustrated as being embedded, leaving a thin covering of material 25 on the top of the wire. v

This constructionis cheap, is durable, and presents a neat and attractive appearante.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1.. A cigar lighter comprising a supporting plate and a wire of high electrical resistance arranged in the shape of a coil laid in grooves slightly below the surface of the supporting late. p 2; A cigar lighter comprising a supporting plate and a wire arranged in a coil and secured in the supporting plate slightly below the surface..-

3. A cigar lighter comprising a supporting plate, vertical plates under the supporting plate {forming a chamber a wire of high electrical resistance coiled and arranged slightly below the surface of the supporting plate and means within'the chamber aforesaid for con necting the ends of thewire to an electric circuit.

4'. Acigar lighter'cemprising a supportingv 1 i0 plate, a wire ofhiglr electrical resistance areranged in a coiled shape on the supporting ice plate m1 means for holding said coiled Wire flat on the pintov 5. A cigar lighter comprising e supporting plate, at wire of high electrical resistance coiled. and then laid in grooves in the face of the supporting plate 2111(l1110z1118 for holding suid Wire flat on the supporting pletc.

6. A cigar lighter comprising a hollow structure made of heat resisting material, this material also being a non-conductor of electrii'aity, a supporting plate secured on the top of the strui'aturc, a wire of high electrical 1'e-- sistuncc arranged in :rc'oiled shape in grooves on the surface of the supporting plate and means Within the structure for connecting the ends the wire to an electric circuit.

7. A cigar lighter comprising a hollow structure made of heat resisting material,

this material also-being a non-conduct0r of' electricity, a supporting plate secured on the top of the structure, a Wire of high electrical resistance arranged in a coiled shape in grooves on the surface of the supporting plate and means to engage the wire coils to hold the wire list on the supporting plate.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day Of arch 1906. CHARLES E. BESSEL.

Witnesses E. A. FELL, WM. H. CAMFIELD. 

